Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. A fascinating figure of a standing female, perhaps depicting a woman performing a dance or ritual. She stands with her head tilted upward, her head and face exaggeratedly large compared to her body, allowing us to see her eyes, nose, and mouth in great detail. She wears spool earrings and a draped headdress. Her arms are outstretched, her torso nude, but her legs are covered by wonderfully sculpted, shell-like decorations that seem to overlap. Just looking at them, I can hear the sounds of all those individual pieces clacking together on a real costume. Remains of blue pigment decorate the headdress and the legs. Size: 3.5" W x 6.6" H (8.9 cm x 16.8 cm)

Provenance: private Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA collection; ex-Minerva Gallery; ex-Benjamin Vega, California, USA, acquired in 2006 to 2007; ex-Gene and Virginia George, brought to the USA from 1961 to 1966

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  • Condition: Tips of both hands are lost; otherwise in very nice condition with great deposits on surface and preserved original pigment on the headdress and legs.

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